Kalesija is a town and municipality in north-eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

. The town of Kalesija is located east of Tuzla

Tuzla

Tuzla is a city and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the time of the 1991 census, it had 83,770 inhabitants, while the municipality 131,318. Taking the influx of refugees into account, the city is currently estimated to have 174,558 inhabitants...

. It is administratively part of the Tuzla Canton

Tuzla Canton

The Tuzla Canton is a canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The cantonal seat is in Tuzla.-Municipalities:...

 and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of the two political entities that compose the sovereign country of Bosnia and Herzegovina . The two entities are delineated by the Inter-Entity Boundary Line...

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Kalesija

In the area of municipality Kalesija there are six elementary schools. They are located in Kalesija Rainci Gornji, Gojcinu, Memići, Vukovije and Tojšići.

Kalesija during the Yugoslav Wars

On May 2, 1992 Kalesija was one of the first Bosnian towns to be caught in the initial Serbian offensive. On May 11, 1992, Kalesija and territory east of the river Bjeljevac except for the settlements of Zukići and Jajić were placed under occupation.

On May 23, 1992, Kalesija was retaken by Bosnian forces.

Consequences of the occupation included ethnic cleansing, population displacement and suffering, many people being taken to the camps, the destruction of Kalesija villages, destruction of religious buildings and industrial plants.

Dayton peace agreement appointed a new administrative arrangement of Bosnia and Herzegovina. 71 km2
(26.1%) of the territory of the municipality Kalesija became the new municipality of Osmaci. The following villages now form the municipality of Osmaci: Mahala, Hajvazi, Caparde, Kulina, Kusonje, Kosovača, Vilčevići, Matkovac, Osmaci, Šeher, Rakino Brdo, Borogovo, Sajtovići, Like and Drvenice.

1971

32.577 total

• Muslims by nationality
  Muslims by nationality
  Muslims by nationality was a term used in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as an official designation of nationality of Slavic Muslims. They were one of the constitutive groups of Bosnia and Herzegovina...
  
   - 24.771 (76,03)
• Serbs
  Serbs
  The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
  
   - 7.606 (23,34)
• Croats
  Croats
  Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...
  
   - 40 (0,12)
• Yugoslavs
  Yugoslavs
  Yugoslavs is a national designation used by a minority of South Slavs across the countries of the former Yugoslavia and in the diaspora...
  
   - 23 (0,07)
• Others - 137 (0,44)

1991

In the 1991 census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

, the municipality of Kalesija had 41,795 inhabitants:

• 33,226 Muslims by nationality
  Muslims by nationality
  Muslims by nationality was a term used in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as an official designation of nationality of Slavic Muslims. They were one of the constitutive groups of Bosnia and Herzegovina...
  
   (79.5%),
• 7,669 Serbs
  Serbs
  The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
  
   (18.4%),
• 33 Croats
  Croats
  Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...
  
   (0.1%),
• 270 Yugoslavs
  Yugoslavs
  Yugoslavs is a national designation used by a minority of South Slavs across the countries of the former Yugoslavia and in the diaspora...
  
   (0.6%),
• and 597 others (1.4%).

Current population

Today, the population of Kalesija is uncertain since no census has been conducted after 1991.
However, it is certain that during the 1990s, the municipality of Kalesija received roughly 4000 Bosniak refugees from primarily the nearby municipalities of Zvornik

Zvornik

Zvornik is a city on the Drina river in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, located south of the town of Bijeljina in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The town Mali Zvornik lies directly across the river in Serbia, and not far north is Loznica.-History:Zvornik is first mentioned in 1410, although it was...

 and Bijeljina

Bijeljina

Bijeljina is a city and municipality in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina. The city is the second largest in the Republika Srpska entity after Banja Luka and fifth largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is situated on the flat rich plains of Semberija...

. At the same time, parts of the Serb population left, after Kalesija became an administratively part of the Tuzla Canton

Tuzla Canton

The Tuzla Canton is a canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The cantonal seat is in Tuzla.-Municipalities:...

 and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of the two political entities that compose the sovereign country of Bosnia and Herzegovina . The two entities are delineated by the Inter-Entity Boundary Line...

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So, today it is safe to say that the municipality of Kalesija has a clear Bosniak majority with a population of approx. 40,000 (est.) residents.

In 2005,it is estimated that 99% of population of the municipality were ethnic Bosniaks

Bosniaks

The Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...

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Settlements

• babina luka

Babina Luka

Babina Luka is a village in the municipality of Valjevo, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 772 people....

• Borogovo

Borogovo

Borogovo is a village in the municipality of Kalesija, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Brezik

Brezik (Kalesija)

Brezik is a village in the municipality of Kalesija, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Bulatovci

Bulatovci

Bulatovci is a village in the municipality of Kalesija, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Caparde

Caparde (Kalesija)

Caparde is a village in the municipality of Kalesija, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Dubnica

Dubnica (Kalesija)

Dubnica is a village in the municipality of Kalesija, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Gojčin
• Hajvazi

Hajvazi

Hajvazi is a village in the municipality of Kalesija, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Hrasno Donje

Hrasno Donje

Hrasno Donje is a village in the municipality of Kalesija, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Hrasno Gornje

Hrasno Gornje

Hrasno Gornje is a village in the municipality of Kalesija, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Jeginov Lug

Jeginov Lug

Jeginov Lug is a village in the municipality of Kalesija, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Jelovo Brdo

Jelovo Brdo

Jelovo Brdo is a village in the municipality of Kalesija, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Kalesija
• Kalesija
• Kikači

Kikači

Kikači is a village in the municipality of Kalesija, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Kosovača

Kosovača

Kosovača is a village in the municipality of Kalesija, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Kulina

Kulina (Kalesija)

Kulina is a village in the municipality of Kalesija, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Kusonje

Kusonje

Kusonje is a village in Croatia. It is connected by the D38 highway....

• Lipovice

Lipovice (Kalesija)

Lipovice is a village in the municipality of Kalesija, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Mahala

Mahala (Kalesija)

Mahala is a village in the municipality of Kalesija, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Matkovac

Matkovac

Matkovac is a village in the municipality of Kalesija, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Memići

Memići (Kalesija)

Memići is a village in the municipality of Kalesija, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Miljanovci

Miljanovci (Kalesija)

Miljanovci is a village in the municipality of Kalesija, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Osmaci

Osmaci

Osmaci is a village and a municipality located in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Republika Srpska entity of BiH.-History:...

• Petrovice

Petrovice (Kalesija)

Petrovice is a village in the municipality of Kalesija, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Prnjavor

Prnjavor (Kalesija)

Prnjavor is a village in the municipality of Kalesija, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Rainci Donji

Rainci Donji

Rainci Donji is a village in the municipality of Kalesija, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Rainci Gornji

Rainci Gornji

Rainci Gornji is a village in the municipality of Kalesija, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Rakino Brdo

Rakino Brdo

Rakino Brdo is a village in the municipality of Kalesija, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Sajtovići

Sajtovići

Sajtovići is a village in the municipality of Kalesija, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Sarači

Sarači

Sarači is a village in the municipality of Kalesija, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Seljublje

Seljublje

Seljublje is a village in the municipality of Kalesija, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Staro Selo

Staro Selo (Kalesija)

Staro Selo is a village in the municipality of Kalesija, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Šeher

Šeher (Kalesija)

Šeher is a village in the municipality of Kalesija, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Tojšići

Tojšići

Tojšići is a village in the municipality of Kalesija, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Vilčevići

Vilčevići

Vilčevići is a village in the municipality of Kalesija, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Vukovije Donje

Vukovije Donje

Vukovije Donje is a village in the municipality of Kalesija, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Vukovije Gornje

Vukovije Gornje

Vukovije Gornje is a village in the municipality of Kalesija, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Zelina

Zelina (Kalesija)

Zelina is a village in the municipality of Kalesija, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

• Zolje

Zolje

Zolje is a village in the municipality of Kalesija, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

• Zukići

Zukići (Kalesija)

Zukići is a village in the municipality of Kalesija, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...

External links

• Kalesija online (Bosnian)
• Official Website of Kalesija (Bosnian)